Attachment for ink bottles or stands.



No. 820,671. PATENTED MAY 15, 1906,

D. J. ROGERS.

ATTACHMENT FOR INK BOTTLES OR STANDS APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 9 1906.

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ATTACHMENT FOR INK BOTTLES OE STANDS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9. 1906.

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ATTACHMENT FOR INK BOTTLES OR STANDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1906.

Application filed February 9, 1906. Serial No. 300,264.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID J. RoGERs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lexington, in the county of Fayette and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Ink Bottles or Stands; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of refer ence marked thereon.

The present invention hasreference to that class of attachments for ink bottles, stands, or other like receptacles for containing the ink inwhich the stopper, cap, or device for closing the mouth thereof is provided with means for holding the same thereto when removed to obtain access to the interior of the receptacle when desired for use, and thereby avoid misplacing thestopper, cap, or other device.

The invention consists in a double wire yoke constructed substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings is an elevation, partly in section, of the attachment when in use with a suitable bucket or cup for containing the ink, the same being shown in an elevated and lowered position in full and dotted lines, respectively; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the attachment removed from the bottle or like receptacle, a cap or cover being used in place of the stopper shown in Fig. 1 Fig. 3, a similar view to that of Fig. 1, show ing the attachment in use without the ink cup or bucket; Fig. 4, a perspective view of the attachment removed from the bottle or like receptacle.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents an ink bottle, stand, or other like receptacle for containing the ink, which may be constructed of glass or other suitable mate rial, as my improved attachment may be applied to any form of receptacle adapted to contain ink or writing fluid.

Any suitable stopper, cover, cap, or like device maybe used to close the mouth of the inkreceptacle, a stopper of the usual construction being shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, as designated at B, and in Fig. 2 is shown a cap of suitable construction, as indicated at C, the form and construction of stopper, cap, or other similar device for closing the mouth of the receptacle being immaterial, so far as the the receptacle.

attachment is concerned, this being the es-' sential feature of the invention.

Connecting with the stopper, cap, or other like device in any suitable manner is a wire yoke D, which may be of any desirable metal, and a wire of any suitable length and thickness and of any preferred form. In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings the yoke is shown as bent at an angle at its lower end, as indicated at b, to more conveniently engage the ears or hooks a on a suitable bucket or cup E, which may be of metal, rubber, or any other suitable material found most desirable and may be of any preferred size and shape and is adapted to contain the ink, and when elevated to the position shown in full lines of Fig. 1 of the drawings the ink will be in convenient reach of the pen without the necessity of dipping the pen down into The bend b may be slightly extended upward, as shown at c, as an additional security in holding the yoke D to the bucket or cup; but this is not essential and the construction of the yoke shown in Figs. 1

and 2 of the-drawings is only employed when in use with an ink bucket or cup.

After the bucket or cup E has been elevated as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings or to the mouth of the bottle or like receptacle the yoke or wire connection is slid forward in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1 of thedrawings, thereby bringing the connection or yoke in a position to rest diametrically upon and across the mouth of the bottle, thus supporting the weight of the bucket or cup equally from the center of the bottle or like receptacle and not upon one side thereof, as heretofore. So far as this slidable action of the wire connection is concerned, any suitable means between the stopper or like device and the bucket or cup may be employed so long as the slidable feature is secured,

whereby the bucket or cup is equally supported upon both sides of the mouth or neck of the bottle or other receptacle, and in this particular the word connection is used.

In Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings the attachment is shown without the bucket or cup and may be used independent thereof to hold the stopper or like device in engagement with the neck of the bottle or other receptacle, so as to prevent it from being disconnected therefrom when removed from the mouth,

as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

The yoke is preferably constructed from a single strand of wire bent into the required shape in place of two single and independent wires and providing the yoke at its upper end with means for engaging the neck of the bottle or like receptacle to contain the ink. Constructing the wire yoke in a single piece adds materially to the strength thereof, as well as adding to its flexibility, and when the yoke is in position shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings the pen may be conveniently inserted between the arms of the yoke without danger of the point of the pen coming in contact therewith, as would be the case where a single wire in place of a double wire is used, said single wire extending across the mouth of the bottle or receptacle, at or near the center thereof, with the liability of striking the point of the ping for ink.

aving now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, Letters Patent, is

1. An attachment forink-receptacles, comprising means for engaging the neck of the receptacle, and a yoke formed of a single strand of wire, the arms thereof being separated a sufiicient distance from each other throughout their length to admit of a pen being inserted between said arms when dipping for ink, the upper ends of to the engaging means at points diametrically opposite each other near the outer edge therepen against it when dipand desire to secure by the arms attached of, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. I An attachment for ink-receptacles, consisting of a bucket or cup for containing the ink, means for engaging the neck of the receptacle, and a slidable connection from which said bucket or cup is suspended, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. An attachment for inkrecepta cles, comprising means for engaging the neck of the receptacle, a bucket or cup for containing the ink, and a slidable connection consisting of a wire yoke between the engaging means and the bucket or cup, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. An attachment for ink-receptacles, comprising means for engaging the neck thereof, a bucket or cup for containing the ink, a connection between the engaging means and the bucket or cup consisting of a wire yoke having its lower end extending at right angles to the body thereof and having a sliding movement, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID J. ROGERS.

Witnesses:

BEN T. BOSWORTH, E. P. BOSWORTH. 

